Biscayne National Park

Biscayne National Park
Author: James A. Kushlan and Kirsten Hines
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2017
Genre: History
ISBN: 1467127027

Biscayne National Park protects the larger portion of south Florida's Biscayne Bay, a uniquely tropical lagoon harboring crocodiles, manatees, dolphins, and Caribbean fish.Tropical trees cover its islands, while the fourth-longest coral reef sits offshore. To protect these unique natural and historical resources and to assure its enjoyment by future generations, half a century ago, the federal government created Biscayne National Monument, which later became Biscayne National Park.

Hired Killer

Hired Killer
Author: Deborah Brown
Publisher: Biscayne Bay Mystery
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2021-08-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781733480765

Sometimes it's safer to stay dead-it's easier to dig for the truth. I've got a man handcuffed to my bed. I'm Harper Finn, legit business owner. But I picked up a ringing phone that wasn't mine and...well, I'm now involved. Sure, Grey Walker, six feet of blue-eyed hotness, will gripe about me kidnapping him when he wakes up. But I couldn't just let the ex-cop fall prey to a hit someone took out on him. Trust me, with people setting him up to take the fall for an infamous murder, he's better off pretending to be dead for a while. In south Florida, it's easier than you might think. And as we dig for the truth, we have to be careful not to wind up at the bottom of Biscayne Bay.

A Year in the National Parks

A Year in the National Parks
Author: Stefanie Payne
Publisher:
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2018-05
Genre:
ISBN: 9780692926789

On January 1 of 2016, Stefanie Payne, a creative professional working at NASA Headquarters, and Jonathan Irish, a photographer with National Geographic, left their lives in Washington, D.C. and hit the open road on an expedition to explore and document all 59 of America's national parks during the centennial celebration of the U.S. National Park Service - 59 parks in 52 weeks - the Greatest American Road Trip. Captured in more than 300,000 digital photographs, written stories, and videos shared by the national and international media, their project resulted in an incredible view of America's National Park System seen in its 100th year. 'A Year in the National Parks, The Greatest American Road Trip' is a gorgeous visual journey through our cherished public lands, detailing a rich tapestry of what makes each park special, as seen along an epic journey to visit them all within one special celebratory year.

The Commodore’s Story

The Commodore’s Story
Author: Ralph Middleton Munroe
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
Total Pages: 573
Release: 2018-12-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 1789125677

The changes which brought the city of Miami of today are delightfully described in this book of personal reminiscences, written by one of Florida’s earliest settlers in collaboration with his life-long friend, Vincent Gilpin. Ralph Munroe first went to Biscayne Bay in 1887. Soon after that time he and his friends built his home, The Barnacle, in Coconut Grove, where he has lived ever since. From this center his influence has been felt for almost fifty years—during the vivid and exciting period of early exploration and settlement,—during the slow development which led up to Flagler and the railroad,—through the boom, the disastrous hurricanes against which the Commodore’s warnings went unheeded, down to the present time. No one interested in southern Florida or in the sea can afford to miss this picturesque story of a Biscayne Bay pioneer who is today so widely and affectionately known. One of Florida’s earliest lovers, the Commodore has been unswervingly devoted to the best interests of the region and has been close to the most significant incidents of its growth. Beautifully illustrated throughout with photographs from Ralph Munroe’s private collection, the earliest on the Bay.

A Land Remembered

A Land Remembered
Author: Patrick D Smith
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2012-10-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1561645826

A Land Remembered has become Florida's favorite novel. Now this Student Edition in two volumes makes this rich, rugged story of the American pioneer spirit more accessible to young readers. Patrick Smith tells of three generations of the MacIveys, a Florida family battling the hardships of the frontier. The story opens in 1858, when Tobias and Emma MacIvey arrive in the Florida wilderness with their son, Zech, to start a new life, and ends in 1968 with Solomon MacIvey, who realizes that his wealth has not been worth the cost to the land. Between is a sweeping story rich in Florida history with a cast of memorable characters who battle wild animals, rustlers, Confederate deserters, mosquitoes, starvation, hurricanes, and freezes to carve a kingdom out of the Florida swamp. In this volume, meet young Zech MacIvey, who learns to ride like the wind through the Florida scrub on Ishmael, his marshtackie horse, his dogs, Nip and Tuck, at this side. His parents, Tobias and Emma, scratch a living from the land, gathering wild cows from the swamp and herding them across the state to market. Zech learns the ways of the land from the Seminoles, with whom his life becomes entwined as he grows into manhood. Next in series > > See all of the books in this series

Jilted

Jilted
Author: Deborah Brown
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2021-10-17
Genre:
ISBN: 9781733480789

South Florida. Margaritas, quickie marriages and? Miranda rights?Of the three of us-me and my besties, Harper Finn and Avery English-I've always been the responsible one. But an open bar at a wedding is hard to resist. So is the gossip that flies after the bride is a no-show at the altar. Still, I never planned on leaving for the Bahamas as Rella Cabot and coming home to South Beach as Rella Cabot Thornton. New wife of the jilted groom.My to-do list now includes annulling blue-eyed, mind-numbingly handsome Pryce Thornton right out of my hair. As soon as I disabuse him of the notion that we should give this marriage thing a shot. And get my dog, Bruno, off his lap. And get my besties to stop swooning all over the place about impossible things like fated love. And, of course, call a lawyer.Except the only lawyer we're calling right now is Cruz Campion, because Pryce's ex-fiancée has turned up dead. And he's the prime suspect.

Backwater Bay

Backwater Bay
Author: Steven Becker
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2018-01-04
Genre: Florida
ISBN: 9781976806100

How much would it take for you to kill someone close?From Bestselling Author Steven Becker comes a new mystery series:When a body is found floating in the mangroves of Biscayne National Park, Special Agent Kurt Hunter has his first real case. He's not looking for the spotlight or notoriety--he's had both with disastrous results. But that seems unavoidable as the trail leads him to South Beach and his introduction to the culture there is anything but comfortable.In the National Parks Service's version of the witness protection program, Kurt quickly finds out that the pristine waters surrounding Miami are very different from the National Forest he transferred from. Follow Kurt through this new world as he unearths a crooked families greed to solve the case.

Stiltsville

Stiltsville
Author: Susanna Daniel
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 326
Release: 2010-08-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0061963070

Describes the love story between Frances Ellerby and Dennis DuVal against the backdrop of the Biscayne Bay, as they struggle with Florida's weather, infidelity, parenthood, friendship, and debilitating illness over the span of thirty years.